BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 30 July 2021, by Susan Reigler
The Samuels House Set to Accommodate Overnight Guests Beginning This Fall
The Samuels family pioneered bourbon tourism decades ago by being the first Kentucky distillery to offer tours to the public at its picturesque Maker’s Mark location near Loretto. Starting in September, they will have another first. Last year Rob Samuels purchased the circa 1820 Georgian style house near Bardstown that had been built by his five times great grandfather John Samuels and that had been in the family until the 1950s. It will soon be open to overnight visitors.
The Samuels House is part self-catered inn, part museum. The house is filled with Samuels family memorabilia preserved by Maker’s Mark Chairman Emeritus Bill Samuels, Jr. It will be fascinating to bourbon enthusiasts seeking a base of operations for touring bourbon country. Among the highlights are the deep fryer, still splashed...
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